PUBLIC HEALTH: MedPage Today: FDA Alerts On Shortage Of Breast Biopsy Needles ++++

PUBLIC HEALTH MedPage Today: FDA Alerts On Shortage Of Breast Biopsy Needles The FDA informed healthcare providers about disruptions in the supply of stereotactic breast biopsy needles that will likely persist through March 2027. According to the agency, the disruption is expected to impact patient care and "may require adjustments to the clinical management of patients indicated to undergo a breast biopsy." (Bassett, 6/16) https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/breastcancer/121791?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8PKPWi70VpDbhckrGnYGssdo4S_UNmMxuYK_s-oER9nG1EtaF208EQD76_dM14cci8nyozrTc_TAhlIJT-nEGsW5KHug&_hsmi=424219119&utm_content=424219119&utm_source=hs_email AP: US Infant Mortality Reached All-Time Low In 2025, CDC Reports Infant mortality in the U.S. dropped to a new all-time low in 2025, according to preliminary government data. There were slightly fewer than 5.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While that appears to be a small decline from about 5.5 in 2024 and 5.6 in the two years preceding, researchers say it is statistically meaningful and translates to hundreds of fewer infant deaths per year. (Stobbe, 6/16) https://apnews.com/article/infant-mortality-cdc-d0da666b52330ba91acccf25e0c62c22?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9BcIq9yBBT3i6p5B3F0oHoMimNF_5q-BPAnNiPD7GV9ENAtozudMPhelkhjA5ZKrk9XRo9srhUXoaqFNfMt1pDZku4ag&_hsmi=424219119&utm_content=424219119&utm_source=hs_email CIDRAP: AI Chatbots Boost Parents’ Willingness To Vaccinate Kids Against HPV, But Only In The Short Term Parents were more willing to allow their children to receive a vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) if they interacted with a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) compared with parents who received no information about the vaccine. The chatbot’s effects faded after 45 days, suggesting the benefits were short-lived, according to a randomized controlled trial of 1,297 parents of children not yet immunized against HPV. The results were published last week in JAMA Network Open. (Szabo, 6/16) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papillomavirus-hpv/ai-chatbots-boost-parents-willingness-vaccinate-kids-against-hpv-only?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8pVUQjPyjU9ORd0hp7GFDa6QNxvuxECZzFXeX4ox6hL_qGHMNzC4TW06uB97B7oLoJuxHb1o3iO4PW62kz6TtJVOb0Cw&_hsmi=424219119&utm_content=424219119&utm_source=hs_email NPR: Sharing A Home Means Sharing A Lot Of Microbes, Especially For Couples A lot changes when you move in with your partner: when you go to bed, what you eat for breakfast, and possibly your microbiome — the mishmash of bacteria that live in and on you. A study published this week in Cell Press Blue finds that cohabitating romantic partners share about 44% of their oral microbiome and 19% of their gut microbiome. First author and computational biologist Vitor Heidrich of the University of Trento, Italy says that his lab was investigating potential sources of the microbes inside us "because before birth we don't have a microbiome, so they must be coming from somewhere." (Kim, 6/16) https://www.npr.org/2026/06/16/nx-s1-5859419/microbiome-oral-gut-romantic-partner?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8umPafC1BgVzN8PUQdUIGE9sigBDT8A7aVgDElM3EiA4oa1hVZpIdl0R6mXeTa-Lro7RzmF09pWEXZdUKlD2LCfXZZVw&_hsmi=424219119&utm_content=424219119&utm_source=hs_email